I Became The Villain The Hero Is Obsessed With

388 – The Truth

South Korea, Seoul.

Villa next to university.

“Phew…I’m exhausted, so tired.”

Returning to my studio apartment after a day’s work, I immediately sat on my bed after washing up.

I felt like the days were passing in the blink of an eye recently, as I had so much to do.

Originally, after finishing my daily tasks, my routine was to read some of my favorite comic books that I knew almost by heart before going to sleep.

…But maybe because I was so tired today, I just decided to go straight to bed.

Let’s see, tomorrow I have to…

‘Senior Dae-in! You have to come!’

…A junior wanted me to stop by the engineering building to pick her up.

I’ll have to go there first tomorrow…

I smiled faintly thinking this, then gradually fell asleep.

With a strange heavy sensation in my body.

And I think I had a strange dream.

‘…No… Please… Live here…’

‘…Seonbae! No!’

‘…Yiyea… Ah…’

Like that.

After waking from sleep.

“…Ugh. What was that.”

With that heavy sensation still in my body, I got up from bed.

What was that. My head hurts a bit.

…Wait.

“What the…”

After getting up like that.

Whoooooooosh

…I found myself, eyes open, in a vast empty white space.

What is this. Where is this place. I clearly just went to sleep in my bed last night?

As I looked around in confusion like this.

I realized there was someone standing ahead of me, gazing at me.

“…Who are you?”

Standing a few steps away from me.

A delicate looking blonde woman wearing clothes made of white cloth, smiling at me slightly.

“…Hello, my child.”

That was.

My first meeting with the Star God.

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***

“…What’s going on, oppa?”

Back to the present.

I snapped out of my reminiscence at Seo-Eun’s questioning look.

The living room.

I had called everyone here to tell them something important. So they were all sitting here facing me.

Starting with Soobin-ssi standing to the side, looking at me worriedly.

Choi Se-Hui and Seo Ja-Young sitting in the living room, keeping an eye on me.

Ha-Yul and Seo-Eun sitting right in front of me, next to me respectively, both looking at me.

…And Shin-Ryeong leaning against the wall on the other side of the room, quietly watching me, along with the uncle in an apron standing there.

Except Ariel, still trapped by Atlas, and Halo, whom I had sealed just in case, all the EgoStream members were gathered here.

And they were all looking at me, waiting for what I had to say.

Like that, as I looked over each one.

Quietly in my head, I decided what I would tell them.

‘…Soon, the Sun God’s judgement will be declared.’

To not confuse them then, it’s only right I let our family know about this.

And thinking how chaotic and busy it will be after the doomsday declaration, and something might happen in the final battle…

‘…Now is a good time to reveal my truth.’

I quietly thought this to myself.

My secret. That I came from another world, and received my powers from the Star God.

To resolve any doubts they may have had about me until now, and unite as we move forward together. I planned to tell them everything.

‘…’

Honestly, this is just an excuse…

‘Really.’

If I can’t tell them after the battle ends, they may have to live never knowing anything.

I felt like that would leave an uncomfortable feeling in my heart.

I don’t want to keep secrets from my EgoStream comrades anymore.

So.

I will reveal my whole truth here and now.

“However…”

…The problem is, I’ll probably be seen as a madman for saying this.

But I have to try.

Clearing my throat like that.

Meeting everyone’s gaze, I opened my mouth.

“I have something to tell you all. About myself.”

Perhaps sensing I was speaking very seriously now.

Everyone was quietly listening to me intently.

…Hmm. This is a bit awkward.

Oh well, might as well rip off the band-aid.

I briefly closed then opened my eyes again, and dropped the bombshell.

“I’m actually from another world.”

“And was commanded by God to save this world.”

….

I said that, then waited for their reactions next.

They’d probably say ‘…What?’ or ‘Oppa. Did you hit your head or something…?’ I was expecting reactions like that already. So I had prepared more convincing arguments after.

But as I silently awaited such reactions from everyone.

“I knew it.”

“Hm?”

“I had a feeling it was something like that.”

In front of me, Soobin-ssi said this with a nod.

…Wait, you’re accepting this way too calmly?

As I was slightly taken aback.

The others’ reactions weren’t too different either.

“With that explanation…everything you’ve shown until now makes sense, oppa. It always seemed like you knew everything somehow.”

Seo-Eun muttered this to herself, seemingly convinced.

“It’s perplexing but…I’m not that surprised either. You’re not the type to lie with words like this.”

Choi Se-Hui said this with a nod.

“A savior sent by God from another world… Dae-in, are you Jesus?”

Even Seo Ja-Young cracked a joke at a time like this.

As I looked at her in dumbfoundedness, Seo Ja-Young instead flashed her eyes at me earnestly, as if truly curious.

“But in the other world, were there things like dinosaurs..?”

“…Ha.”

Hearing that, I couldn’t help smiling as the tension left me, and let out a sigh.

…Looks like this would be a long story.

***

After that.

I slowly explained the circumstances of how I came to this world.

Of course, I didn’t say things like this world was from a comic I read. That wouldn’t really help, and would just cause more confusion. I probably wouldn’t feel great hearing the world I lived in was from a comic book…

Anyway, instead I explained how I came to this world.

I had lived in a world without heroes or villains, but very similar to this one, full of powerless people.

Then one day I woke up after sleeping, suddenly met the Star God and was told to save the world, and fell into this world.

…I roughly explained I had come here like that, with powers and ‘knowledge’ from God.

Of course, I cut off the story before it got longer.

I immediately got to the point, the real reason I was saying all this.

“Soon, God will destroy this world.”

“…What?”

I should explain properly from the start, not vaguely.

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Thinking that, I abruptly stood from the sofa and walked to the window.

And with everyone’s gaze on me, I took out the marker I had prepared and started writing something on the glass.

“There are 3 Gods in this world.”

I said so.

Unsurprisingly, there was no shock since the existence of Gods had been revealed several times already.

So I started explaining these 3 Gods in more detail.

The Sun God Helios.

The Moon God Aluna.

The Star God Siderus.

The 3 Gods who created this world.

“Long ago, they ruled this world.”

Helios gave special powers to people.

Aluna gave them magic.

Siderus gave love to all.

“…However, this did not last long. Conflict broke out among the Gods.”

Probably because the Sun God tried to destroy all humans.

…The Star God, who loved humans the most, blocked him, and after a long battle finally succeeded in driving out the Sun God.

Creating a massive invisible cognitive barrier around the Earth as well.

As a result.

Helios was confined to another world.

Aluna, always neutral, left for her own world.

And Siderus, gravely wounded fighting the Sun God, disappeared without a trace.

And now.

“…So that Sun God is coming back to destroy the world again?”

“Yes.”

“But…how do we stop a God then? I mean, it’s a God! If a God personally comes to wipe us out…”

Seo-Eun spoke worriedly like this.

I smiled wryly at her and said,

“Don’t worry too much. The gods can’t fully use their powers here.”

To be precise, the true form of a god cannot directly descend here. They can only come in a human-like avatar, an incarnation. Our dimensions are different.

And Helios will have been weakened a lot from the battle with the Star God… And the Star God set up barriers in this dimension too.

And especially.

“There is someone else chosen to fight and stop the Sun God directly.”

I hesitated as I said this.

The one chosen to defeat the Sun God. That’s Stardust.

…But should I say her name here? My EgoStream members don’t seem to like Stardust that much…

But I can’t hide the truth.

Thinking this, I sighed slightly and continued.

“…And the hero chosen by the Star God to save this world is none other than Stardust.”

And the reaction to this was also…

…a bit different from what I expected.

“Really?”

“Yes.”

“As expected.”

At my mention of Stardust, Choi Se-Hui, who had been quietly listening until now, smiled and responded.

“I see. So the reason you’ve been concerned about Stardust so far is simply because she’s needed to save the world?”

Hmm.

No. It’s because I’m just a big fan of Stardust.

Of course I didn’t say that, and the EgoStream women just nodded to themselves, accepting it on their own.

“I knew it. It had to be something like that. Otherwise you wouldn’t care about a woman like that, oppa.”

“Right. So that’s why you were even running her fan club, to get information…”

‘…’

Hearing those words, I decided to just stay quiet.

Oh well. Good is good.